SEALING TAG WITH CONDUCTIVE FEATURES FOR PREVENTING THE COUNTERFEITING OF A PRODUCT AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH

• US 20160125286A1
• Filed: 06/03/2013
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2013
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Walki Group Oy Company
• Original Assignee: Walki Group Oy Company
• Inventors: MARTTILA, Tom, FORSLUND, Tommi
• Application Number:
  US14/948,473
• Publication Number:
  US 20160125286A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07773 Antenna details antennas for wireless devices, e.g. RFID tags, in general H01Q1/22
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07798 part of the antenna or the integrated circuit being adapted for rupturing or breaking, e.g. record carriers functioning as sealing devices for detecting not-authenticated opening of containers electronic seals G09F3/03
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0292 tamper indicating labels
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0341 having label sealing means

Abstract

A sealing tag with conductive features, containing at least one conductive marking, pattern or surface, wherein each conductive marking, pattern, or surface and a substrate material are interconnected by an adhesive pattern or other bond. The sealing tag is characterized in that the size and shape of the adhesive pattern or other bond matches the main outlines of the conducting circuit pattern such that inside the area limited by the main outlines there is at least one area where the adhesion is strong and at least one area where the adhesion is weak. Additionally, a method for manufacturing such sealing tag is disclosed.

Claims

1. A sealing tag with conductive features, containing at least one conductive marking, pattern or surface, wherein

each conductive marking, pattern, or surface (3) and a substrate material (1) are interconnected by an adhesive pattern (2) or other bond,

characterized in that

the size and shape of said adhesive pattern (2) or other bond matches the main outlines of the conducting circuit pattern (3) such that inside the area limited by the main outlines there is at least one area (2a) where the adhesion is strong and at least one area (2b) where the adhesion is weak.

2. The sealing tag of claim 1, characterized in that not more than the area limited by the main outlines is filled and at least one specific area inside the limited area is not filled with the adhesive.

3. The sealing tag of claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the conductive marking, pattern or surface (3) has its internal precise pattern layouts, such as thin lines and thin interline spaces, patterned on top of the adhesive pattern (2) or other bond by a removal of the conductive material, such that the thin interline spaces of the conducting circuit patterns formed by the at least one conductive marking, pattern or surface may have residues of the bond.

4. The sealing tag of any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that outside the conducting markings, patterns or surfaces (3) main outlines, the substrate material (1) is substantially void of an adhesive (2) or other bond connecting the conducting circuit pattern (3) to the substrate material (1), with the exception of edge areas of the main outlines.

5. The sealing tag of any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that the said conductive circuit patterns are RFID antennas.

6. The sealing tag of any one of claims 1-5, characterized in that the said conductive circuit patterns are RFID tags.

7. The sealing tag of any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that the seal sticks on a product (5) by means of an adhesive layer (4).

8. The sealing tag of any one of claims 1-7, characterized in that in the conductive circuit pattern (3) outside the area of the bond (2) there are areas (6) wherein the pattern (3) is weakened to cause the breaking on that exact point as the seal is ripped off.

9. The sealing tag of any one of claims 1-8, wherein the sealing tag is a seal;

a tamper proof element, label, tag or antenna;

anti-counterfeit element;

a tag with sealing properties;

or a seal with a tag.

10. A method for manufacturing a sealing tag with conductive features, including the following steps of:

i) affixing a conductive layer (3) to a substrate material (1) by means of a bond (2) and leaving the removal-intended more extensive areas unattached to the substrate material (1); and

ii) removing the removable areas from the conductive layer;

characterized in that

further a part of the conductive layer (3) is left with less adhesion in step i) but not removed in step ii) leaving on the sealing tag a part (3b) of the conductive marking, pattern or surface (3) that is not strongly affixed by means of a bond (2).

11. The method of claim 10, characterized in that the part of the conductive layer (3) is left unattached in step i) but not removed in step ii) leaving on the sealing tag a part (3b) of the conductive marking, pattern or surface (3) that is not affixed by means of a bond (2).

12. The method of claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the conductive marking, pattern or surface (3) is weakened to cause the breaking on that exact point as the seal is ripped off.

13. The method of any one of claims 10-12, characterized in that on the top of the conductive marking, pattern or surface (3), the bond (2) and the substrate material (1) is spread another adhesive layer (4) with adhesion sufficient to break the conductive marking, pattern or surface (3).

14. The method of any one of claims 10-13, characterized in that the said another adhesive layer (4) sticks the sealing tag on a product (5).